Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Berlin attack: Tunisia govt arrests 3 men, Germany hunts possible accomplices to suspect
Germany on Saturday searched for possible accomplices of the suspected Berlin truck attacker who was gunned down by Italian police, as Tunisia announced the arrest of three men linked to the jihadist. One of those detained was the nephew of the Tunisian-born attack suspect Anis Amri, the country’s interior ministry said. The three men, aged...
India’s subsonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ fails another test
India today conducted the flight test of indigenously designed and developed long-range subsonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha but there was no official word on reports that it had failed. The sophisticated missile with a strike range of 1,000 km was test launched from a specially...
Cristiano Ronaldo wins 4th Ballon d’Or
Portugal and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d’Or award for the fourth time on Monday after claiming the European Championship and Champions League titles in 2016. Ronaldo is now one short of his La Liga rival Lionel Messi’s record tally of five. List of Ballon d’Or winners since the award’s inception...
Senate Republican leader disagrees with Trump, backs investigation into Russian hacking
US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell decried Russian hacking aimed at interfering in the 2016 presidential election on Monday and backed an investigation, even as President-elect Donald Trump dismissed concerns about the matter. “Any foreign breach of our cyber security measures is disturbing and I strongly condemn any such...
Researchers explain how soil fertility changes as per climate
Examining data from around the world, researchers have created a global map of soil fertility and explained how it changes between wet and dry climates. The study has been published in the journal Nature. For some time now, scientists have known that climate influences soil chemistry and in particular, soil pH, a measure of acidity or alkalinity....
Why import duty waived on wheat, opposition asks government
Side-stepping from the everyday ruckus on demonetization in the Rajya Sabha, the opposition attacked the government on Fridayfor completely waiving off import duty on wheat, the main Rabi crop that currently is being sown. CPM leader Sitaram Yechury raised the matter in zero hour and said, he had given a notice under rule 267 to suspend business...
Europa League wrap: Henrikh Mkhitaryan sparkles as Manchester United reach last 32
Manchester United are warming to the task in the Europa League as they booked a spot in the last 32 with a 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk on a freezing night in Ukraine on Thursday. Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who made a mockery of his two-month exile from the starting lineup with a superb individual effort, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic secured an easy...
Demonetization: Foreign govts unhappy over cash crunch, may take reciprocal measures
Anguished over restrictions on withdrawals by their embassies, many foreign governments are contemplating reciprocal measures against Indian missions abroad terming the measures as a “serious breach” of Vienna Convention. In strong comments, Frank Hans Dannenberg Castellanos, Dean of Diplomatic Corps who represents the voice of 157...
Magnus Carlsen crowned World Chess Champion for the third time
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen extended his dominance over the chess world by winning the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive time, beating his Russian challenger Sergei Karyakin in a tiebreaker. The win puts Carlsen closer to the status of chess legends such as Garry Kasparov, who dominated the game for 15 years. Although Karyakin...
Vladimir Putin presents Russian passport to US actor Steven Seagal
Russian President Vladimir Putin presented a Russian passport to US actor Steven Seagal on Friday and said he hoped it would serve as a symbol of how the fractious ties between Moscow and Washington are starting to improve. At a Kremlin ceremony where Seagal signed his new passport in front of Putin, the Russian leader said: “I want to...
